Galaxy Camera allows user to choose modes
and adjust settings through a touchscreen. Graphics look eye-catching and
emulates a real lens, letting user identify impacts of parameters especially
onto manual shooting. The manufacturer also installs a lot of effects such as
vintage, black/white… into the system whereas Android devices have a bunch of
supporting apps.
Adjusting
parameters
Simple
interface
Capture interface is simple, with a touch
button for quick video recording (on the left) right in capture mode. Meanwhile,
a small frame for viewing captured images lies in the bottom and menu of
parameters is in the right. However, as the screen is large and wide, in most
cases, we had to use both hands for operation. It’s interesting that Galaxy
Camera can use voice command to captures but it only supports sounds like:
“capture” or “shoot”.
An
impressive photo captured by Galaxy Camera
Samsung Galaxy Camera owns a BSI-CMOS
sensor featuring 16.3MP resolution and seizing 6.17x4.55mm (1/2.3in). Although
it is quite big, it can’t be on par with models in the same segment. This is
understandable as the camera’s cost includes one for an Android-compatible hardware
system which is pricey. 21x optical zoom is impressive, with 23-481mm focal
range.
Our tests proved that the anti-shock system
worked effectively. In some short focal distances, at 1/50 shutter speed, user
was able to take action without shaking the screen (plus with no stand). Zoom
engine worked quietly when changing zooming length.
With its 23mm wide lens, Galaxy Camera could
perform macro shooting though the distance was not really impressive, 10cm
(80cm in normal shooting). However, due to large aperture, macro effects were impressive,
with smooth bokeh and nice detail.
Purple
fringing was visible
Though, it’s a problem that purple fringing
is visible in silhouette shooting and especially in image containing no cloud
and branches hanging across the frame.
Colors
were well displayed.
Images captured by Galaxy Camera delivered
nice and accurate colors but details were not much sharp, like from most
mid-segment compacts, when zooming the image over 100%. This is not really worrying
as images are not often used for large printing.
However, the model’s noise reduction is
good, at ISO 3200. Despite that, from ISO and below, colors didn’t appear
accurate.
Distortion
in wide angle is unavoidable.
At the widest angle, 23mm, Galaxy Camera
couldn’t avoid image distortion with close object. The phenomenon appeared in
the area that was a little distant from the center (by 1/3 of width).
Imaged
cropped at 100% (with size maintained) showed that detail was still good yet it
was distant from some hi-end compacts pricing over $600.
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General info
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2G Network: N/A
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3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
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4G Network: LTE
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Announced: 2012, August
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Status: Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, Q4
Body
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Dimensions: 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm
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Weight: 305 g
Display
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Type: Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors
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Size: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306ppi
pixel density)
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Multitouch: Yes
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Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 2
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Interface: TouchWiz UI
Sound
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Alert types: N/A
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Loudspeaker: Yes
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3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory
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Card slot: micro-SD, up to 32 GB
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Internal: 8GB storage, 1GB of RAM
Data
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GPRS: No
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EDGE: No
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Speed: HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
(optional)
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WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi
hotspot
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Bluetooth: Yes, v4.0
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USB: Yes, micro-USB v2.0
Camera
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Primary: 16 MP, autofocus, 21x optical zoom, pop-up
Xenon flash, AF light
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Features: Wide-angle 23mm lens, geo-tagging,
touch focus, face and smile detection, optical image stabilization
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Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720x480@120fps
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Secondary: No
Features
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OS: Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
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Chipset: Exynos 4412 Quad
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CPU: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
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GPU: Mali-400MP
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Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, compass
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Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email,
Push Mail, IM, RSS
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Browser: HTML5
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Radio: No
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GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
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Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
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Colors: Black, White
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Misc.: SNS integration - Dropbox (50 GB
storage) - HDMI port - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player -
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document
editor - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery
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Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh
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